Amour (movie)

It seems each generation discovers a new Stevie Wonder. In the early 1960s, he was the musical boy genius who at 13 became the youngest artist to ever have a No. 1 record, with "Fingertips — Part 1 & 2." In the later 1960s, he was the R&B artist who had the hits "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "I Was Made to Love Her" and "My Cherie Amour." In the 1970s, he was the funk master whose songs "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," "Superstition" and "Living for the City" were groundbreaking in mainstream pop. And in the 1980s — still only in his 30s — he became the wise sage, singing such...

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It seems each generation discovers a new Stevie Wonder.
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